Ephesians Chapter 4
Ephesians 4 urges believers to live worthy of their calling by
maintaining unity, maturing in faith, and adopting a new, holy
lifestyle. Key themes include fostering unity through humility and love
(1-6), utilizing spiritual gifts for church growth (7-16), and
abandoning old sinful habits for a new life in Christ (17-32).
Verse 1: How are Christians to live life?
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, Ephesians 4:1
Answer: We are to walk worthy of the calling that God has given us.
Verse 2: How in humility are we to bear with each other?
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, Ephesians 4:2
Answer: We are to bear with each other in love.
Verse 3: What is the result of being in unity?
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:3
Answer: Unity in the Holy Spirit produces peace.
Verse 4: The Holy Spirit produces one what?
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; Ephesians 4:4
Answer: The Holy Spirit produces hope in our calling.
Verse 5: Jesus Christ produces one what?
one Lord, one faith, one baptism; Ephesians 4:5
Answer: Jesus Christ produces faith resulting in baptism.
Verse 6: Where is God the Father?
one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ephesians 4:6
Answer: God the Father is omni-present or everywhere.
Verse 7: Jesus Christ gift to us is what?
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Ephesians 4:7
Answer: Jesus Christ gave us grace.
Verse 8: What did Jesus Christ give to us?
Therefore, He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.” Ephesians 4:8
Answer: Jesus Christ gave us spiritual gifts after His ascension into heaven.
Verse 9: Where was Jesus Christ before His resurrection?
(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first
descended into the lower parts of the earth? Ephesians 4:9 (Luke
16:19-26 & 1Peter 3:18-20)
Answer: Jesus Christ preached to the spirits in prison before His resurrection.
Verse 10: Where is Jesus Christ after His resurrection?
He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) Ephesians 4:10
Answer: Jesus Christ is omni-present or everywhere.
Verse 11: What did Jesus Christ give us?
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, Ephesians 4:11
Answer: Jesus Christ gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers.
Verse 12: Why did Jesus Christ give us church leaders?
for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, Ephesians 4:12
Answer: Church leaders were given to equip us for ministry.
Verse 13: What knowledge produces unity?
till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ; Ephesians 4:13
Answer: Knowledge of Jesus Christ produces unity of the faith.
Verse 14: Knowledge of Jesus Christ stops what?
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the
cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, Ephesians 4:14
Answer: Knowledge of Jesus Christ stops bad doctrine, trickery, and deceitful plotting.
Verse 15: Knowledge of Jesus Christ results in what?
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— Ephesians 4:15
Answer: Knowledge of Jesus Christ produces spiritual maturity.
Verse 16: Knowledge of Jesus Christ produces what in the church?
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint
supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does
its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in
love. Ephesians 4:16
Answer: Knowledge of Jesus Christ produces church growth.
Verse 17: Testifying of Jesus Christ stops what?
This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no
longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their
mind, Ephesians 4:17
Answer: Testifying of Jesus Christ stops the futility of the mind.
Verses 18-19: Lacking knowledge of Jesus Christ does what?
having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of
God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness
of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to
lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ephesians 4:18-19
Answer: Lacking knowledge of Jesus Christ produces lewdness and greediness.
Verse 20: Jesus Christ does not lead us into what?
But you have not so learned Christ, Ephesians 4:20
Answer: Jesus Christ does not lead us into lewdness and greediness.
Verse 21: Who is truth?
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: Ephesians 4:21
Answer: Jesus Christ is truth. (John 14:6)
Verse 22: What are we to put off?
that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which
grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Ephesians 4:22
Answer: We are to put off deceitful lusts.
Verse 23: Knowledge of Jesus Christ renews what?
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, Ephesians 4:23
Answer: Knowledge of Jesus Christ renews your mind.
Verse 24: Knowledge of Jesus Christ produces what?
and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:24
Answer: Knowledge of Jesus Christ produces righteousness and holiness.
Verse 25: What are we to speak to our neighbors?
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with
his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. Ephesians 4:25
Answer: We are to speak truth to our neighbors.
Verse 26: Speaking the truth will hopefully stop what?
“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, Ephesians 4:26
Answer: Speaking the truth, will guard against wrath.
Verse 27: Wrath is the tool of who?
nor give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:27
Answer: Wrath is the tool of the devil.
Verse 28: Work allows us to do what?
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working
with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who
has need. Ephesians 4:28
Answer: Work allows us to help those in need.
Verse 29: Edification of people gives what?
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for
necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Ephesians 4:29
Answer: Edification of others gives grace to the hearers.
Verse 30: Who are we not to grieve?
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30
Answer: We are not to grieve the Holy Spirit.
Verse 31: What are we to eliminate?
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. Ephesians 4:31
Answer: bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking, and malice.
Verse 32: What are we to be with each other?
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32
Answer: We are to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving.